DAN AGNEW
DOPPLER EFFECT VERSION II (1968)

Director: Dan Agnew
Year: 1968
Time: 5 mins
Music: Duane Hitchings
Eye of Sound: A sequel of his previous 1967 homonymous experiment, Doppler Effect II moves one step forward in the mission of organising seemingly random stock footage along a rhythmical axis. By using found footage of diverse origin - political announcements, animal life, porn - and intertwining it with images recorded by Agnew himself - cityscapes, abstract light essays -, the film abandons any attempt of evoking meaning of any sort and focuses on a strictly formal exercise centred on time intervals and micro-relations between small sets of images. The soundtrack, recorded by Duane Hitchings (known for his collaborations with Miles Davis and Hendrix, but also for his Flashdance OST) on a Moog synth, is an engaging exercise in abstract sonic dynamics and an essential part of the Doppler experiment in that it not only provides different aural settings for the diverse footage presented throughout the film, but also aptly sets the pace for the fast succession of synched images.
DOPPLER EFFECT II
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9 comments:

  1. Palo9 November 2010 at 18:20

    Great great great blog. I got here by searching for the short 'Atman'. Thank you very much for sharing all of this.

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  2. eye of sound10 November 2010 at 16:08

    Curiously enough, I was just thinking that it's been a long time since I last posted a Matsumoto film. I'll be posting one tomorrow or soon after that.

    Glad you found the blog and hope to see you around

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  3. Anonymous12 November 2010 at 12:46

    Help, the link @ megaupload doesn't work! Please....

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  4. eye of sound12 November 2010 at 16:13

    usually, this really means "temporarily"
    but in case the problem persists, here is an alternative link:
    http://rapidshare.com/files/430489932/doppler.avi

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  5. _15 November 2010 at 06:45

    bom demais esse filme!!!

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  6. johanna25 November 2010 at 10:16

    This is great--Any more info on Dan Agnew? Never heard of him.

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  7. eye of sound25 November 2010 at 21:49

    Hi, Johanna. Sadly, I don't have much info on Dan Agnew. I saw the first version of Doppler many years ago at a "psychedelic film" show (slower than this, as far as I can remember), but there was no info about him and the internet seems to largely ignore him.

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  8. Ben30 July 2011 at 00:07

    found this link to work;

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R3YGD1QQ

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  9. Anonymous30 June 2016 at 18:58

    Fantastic collection on this sit, is there an updated link for this video?

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